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WILLIAM C. WINFIELD, OF WARREN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE VVINFIELD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,719, dated June 24, 1890.

Original application filed February 1890, Serial No. 340,591. Divided and this application filed February 15, 1890. Serial No. 340,602. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM G. WINFIELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at WVarren, in the county of Trumbull and State of 5 Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lanterns; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it apro pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in lanterns, and is a division of an application executed of even date herewith, filed February 15, 1890, Serial No. 340,591.

I 5 The object of the invention is to provide a lantern with mechanism whereby the globe may be raised and'lowered with respect to the burner, as occasion requires, and operated and held substantiallyas shown and described,

and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing, the single figure presented is a plain elevation of a lantern embodying the invention, in which the full lines show the globe and its supporting 2 5 mechanism down in working position, and the dotted lines show the globe and said mechanism raised as when the lantern is to be lighted, the wick trimmed, and for like purposes. It will be understood that in this con- 0 struction the side tubes A, the central drafttube B, the sliding canopy O, and the side rods D, connecting the canopy and globe-rest E, are not in themselves regarded as novel features.

3 5 In this application, as in the application of which it is a division, it will be understood that the globe has a vertical movement on straight or practically straight lines from its seat upward and back again to its seat, and

that'it is held in both positions by the same devices, so that no other means than those here shown and described are required to keep the globe up when it is raised or to keep it down when it is lowered. To this end I provide a pair of spring-arms G, which are formed to constitute arms on which the globe swings in substantially vertical lines as it is raised and lowered, and by which it is held in the relation and position in its respective functions.

in the tube. This construction, however, may

be modified, say, so that only the end of the one arm enters the tube, while the other arm has its end bent around the first one, so as to hinge thereon; or the said ends might be otherwise secured in a way that would serve the same purpose, the object being to give them a fixed and firm bearing. As here shown, the portions or parts Z form shoulders which abut against each other when the arms are down.

It will be seen that the sides or guard portion of the arms are on a lower plane than the pivot-points g at the side guards-say an inch or so in a fullsized lantern-and connections it on each side of the lantern between the side tubes connect the arms with the globerest. These connections are fastened rigidly to the said rest and loosely to the arms, so that the arms may turn therein, as is necessary in the up and down movements of the rest and the globe-frame of which it is a part.

A small lift 19 is attached to the globe-rest at one side, and is used as a catch for the finger in raising and lowering the globe. At the top the globe is held in position and under a downward pressure by a ring Q, encircling the top of the globe and having an arm q, 8 5 which is pivotally attached to the edge of the canopy. Hitherto holders of this general nature have been made with spring-shanks, which were rigidly attached, the ring Q depending upon the spring for its movements. I find that a pivoted holder operates more easily and is altogether more desirable.

The operation of the mechanism herein described is simple and easy. When the globe is raised,the sides of the spring-arms forming the guard, owing to their construction and re lation to the fixed pivot-points G, necessarily have an outward or spreading movement. In

this movement the tension of the spring is on until the dead-center point half-way up is reached, when it is neutral. Passing thence upward, the tension of the spring-arms gradually increases until at last movement is stopped by the canopy reaching the limit of its movement. The reverse movement of the parts occurs on exactly the same lines, as the mechanism is positive and unvarying in its action, and the globe is again lowered until the globe-rest is seated on the burner, the spring-arms meantime exerting a downward pressure, so that they assist in holding the rest upon the burner-cone.

Of course the connections 02 between the spring-arms and the globe-rest need not necessarily be merely single wires attached as here shown, but may be any equivalent and sufficient connection which would operate in substantially the same way with the said arms and serve as a connecting medium between the arms and the globe-rest. The connecting-wires, as here shown, are fixed rigidly to the globe-rest and have a pivot-bar at h for the spring-arms. These connections n, as here shown, necessarily have a spring action and effect when the arms G are moved up or down, for the reason that the said arms when raised first have an outward movement along with the upward movement, and the connections n, being rigid with the globe-rest and connected with the arms, must participate in the out ward movement of the arms, and when this occurs they unavoidably spring.

I do not claim, broadly, herein the construction of spring-arms for holding the globe in raised and lowered position, and such springarms forming a guard for the globe, as this forms subject-matter in the application of which this case is a division, as hereiubefore specified.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a lantern, a globe-rest, spring-arms pivoted at their ends on opposite sides of the lantern, and connections between said arms and the globe-rest, whereby said rest is raised and lowered, substantially as described.

2. In a lantern, a globe-rest, spring-arms having their ends pivoted at opposite sides of the lantern on fixed supports, and connections betweensaid arms and globe-rest on which said arms are pivoted to turn, substantially as described.

8. In a lantern, a globe-rest, arms adapted to serve as a guard for the globe pivoted at their ends on opposite sides of the lantern,

and spring-connections between said arms and the globe-rest and rigid with said rest, whereby said rest is held in its raisedor lowered position, substantially as described. 4:. In a lantern having side tubes, a globe and a globerest, spring arms extending around the globe and pivoted at their ends on the side tubes, and connectionsbetween said arms and the globe-rest, the arms and connections arranged to form a guard for the globe and to operate the rest, substantially as described.

5. A lantern provided with side tubes and a movable globe-rest, in combination with piv-' oted spring-arms extending between the tubes from side to side and connecting parts pivotally secured to said arms and rigidly fixed to the globe-rest, substantially as described.

Witness my hand to the foregoing specification this 8th day of February,1890.

WILLIAM C. WINFIELD. Witnesses:

J. H. EWALT, H. Q. STILEs. 

